Perfect Properties

"Finding the perfect property shouldn't be that hard."
Mario Jimmy Barron Aguilar

Flow of Contents

Overview of Perfect Properties

Who dares to create a new stream for their financial freedom?

Why: Unseasoned buyers need access to reliable information that does not complicate their hectic lives and decisions, specifically for those starting their property investment first journey. Buyers will view comprehensive information about the property and its neighborhood before spending time onsite touring.

Who: This web app is made primarily for new, small-scale property buyers looking to invest for additional income or financial security.

Industry: Financial Planning, Real Estate, and Investing.  

User Persona: Rashida is an IT consultant for a growing tech company, she is frquently on the go and relies heavily on technology to help her manage all her daily tasks.

Demographics
Age:
42
Gender:
Female
Education:
Bachelor's in Computer Science and Master's in Advanced Computer Systems.
Martial Status:
Married with two children.

Airbnb helped give an idea of how big my mobile icons should be to have good sizing and a layout familiar to potential users.

Kensa inspections help people inspect their future home purchases, and they focus on developing a playful and nicely branded website. This responsive website research helped me think about how to expand from my mobile screens onto bigger screen real estate.

Zillow helped layout information important to potential buyers, knowing they need comprehensive property information. It will provide a way to contact a real estate agent for live or virtual tours of the properties of their interest.

The Challenge

Challenge: "I want to provide my family with financial security. I've been considering buying property for a while and am looking for a tool that can help me find what I'm looking for quickly!" - Rashida

"I reviewed the brief of the project and had this be my guiding star in the development and brainstorming of the wireframes and initial information layout and content. Here we took a chance to view who and why it is that we should even start the UI development of this. We learned more about their goals and user stories, and their environment."

The Solution

Solution: We start by building user stories and meeting the user stories from our brief.

"Our focus here was to create scenarios of user flows based on the user stories and user needs. We want to make flows as problem-free as possible and give if-then procedures where our users can select what path they wish to take or learn more."

Wireframes and Moodboard

Moodboard screenshots below.


Takeaway: "Here, I saw a couple of examples of applications. Then, I put a blank canvas and started by creating two mood boards and selecting the most appropriate one for the greyscale wireframes. Besides that, I made two mood boards to see which one aligned most with the concept and color significance."

Mobile, Tablet and Laptop Figma Links

Mobile Figma Link





Takeaway: "I started by implementing my mood board, icons, typography combination, color palette, spacing, hierarchy, and grid layout to the mobile version of my medium-fidelity prototypes. After that, I translated this into a tablet and laptop version of the application."

Illustrations


Takeaway:
"Illustrations made the UI enjoyable and distinct. Besides that, they allowed for a chance to reinforce the branding guidelines created."

The Results

Style Guide Link

https://company-232723.frontify.com/d/aubwPopLBHeiCopy

Takeaway:
"I used Frontify to create my style guide and library. This combined all my research for the UI in-depth. This would be a guide for any future development or collaboration."

Learnings and Retrospect

  • I created visual hierarchies in the design and established a good spacing for mobile first to then translate into more prominent breaking points.
  • "By designing for the smallest mobile possible, you evade the risk of your design becoming broken," as I quickly found out via Figma Mirror testing.
  • At first, my color choices were too distracting, and I switched that up via looking at inspiration sent to me by my mentor Michelle Coutinho. I also took advantage of using the 60-30-10 interior color design principle. 
  • "To get anything right with the information from the UX brief, I had to take a deep dive into my workflow and rethink my process."
  • Composition and visual design were established by learning from the book, Grids by Ambrose/Harris.
  • I then dived the UI elements and file organization, which would later help in the design handoff created via Frontify.